via gigaom.com “ICANN ??? otherwise known as the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which used to be a U.S. government-funded agency but is now a non-profit managed by a variety of industry stakeholders ??? decided last year that it …
via undergroundnewyorkpubliclibrary.com “The Underground New York Public Library is a visual library featuring the Reading-Riders of the NYC subways.”
via dawn.com “Hamied, chairman of generic drugs giant Cipla, last month slashed the cost of three medicines to fight brain, kidney and lung cancer in India, making the drugs up to more than four times cheaper. [..] Hamied, 76, was pilloried by Wes…
via technologyreview.com “He found that our close friends strongly sway which information we share, but overall their impact is dwarfed by the collective influence of numerous more distant contacts???what sociologists call “weak ties.” It is our div…
via newyorker.com “According to Dunbar, the reason the physics majors had to recruit the D.L.P.F.C. is because they were busy suppressing their intuitions, resisting the allure of Aristotle???s error. It would be so much more convenient if the laws …
via technologyreview.com “However, the DPLA’s decision to call itself a “public library” has raised hackles. At a meeting in May of last year, a group called the Chief Officers of State Library Agencies passed a resolution asking the DPLA steering…